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Patented May 16, 1939 PACKAGE Maxwell Knolpp, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignorto Knorpp Candy Company, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application october 2s, 1936, serial N0. 107,691

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful means whereby ornamentationsfor use in decorating birthday cakes and similar articles can be heldtogether as a complete unit, an object being to provide a means wherebythe items included in the set, will be held properly for packing andstoring and will, at the same time, be fully protected from dust andmoisture.

A further object is to provide a package of this type which isattractive and the parts of which can be made and assembled cheaply andquickly so as to be adapted for quantity production.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a package embodying thepresent improvements.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3, Figure l.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4 4, Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5 5, Figure l.

Figure 6 is a plan View of a blank used in the formation of the bodyportion of the package.

Referring to the figures by characters of ref- 35 erence I designates ablank formed of stiff paper board and adapted to be folded along linesextending transversely thereof for the purpose of producing the bodyportion of the package. A

score line 2 or the like extending transversely of 40 the blank adjacentto the center thereof serves to divide said blank into the upper andlower portions 3 and 4 respectively of the body of the package. Theupper portion 3 is formed with transversely extending scores or the likeindicated 4.5 at 5 and the material between these scores forms the upperholding member of the body while those portions of the blank between thescores 5 and the ends of the top portion 3 constitute side or supportingwalls 6.

The upper holding portion 1 located between the scores 5 can be formedwith one or more rows of small apertures 8 while at any suitable point,preferably adjacent to the center of the top holding portion, there areformed alining 55 slits 9 spaced apart at their inner ends. At the (Cl.20G-44) ends of each slit 9 are short transverse slits IIJ. Thus thematerial dened by these slits 9 and IEI can be bent downwardly toprovide parallel depending anges II arranged in pairs.

The lower portion 4 of the blank is provided with transverse scores I2or the like which dene the lower holding portion of the body, thisportion being indicated at I3. That portion of the blank between thescore I2 and the score 2 is narrower than the adjacent wall 6 andconstitutes a supporting wall I4 for one side of the holding portion I3.Another similar wall I5 is `provided at the other side of the holdingportion I3 and is divided by a score I6 or the like from a supple-Vmental wall Il' which constitutes the end portion of the blank and issubstantially of the same height as the wall 6.

The holding portion I3 is formed with a longitudinal series of crossslits I3, the points of intersection between these slits being spacedapart substantially the same distances as are the openings 8.

It will be apparent that a blank out and scored as shown in Figure 6 canbe produced readily. After the formation of this blank it is folded tobring the walls I4 and I5 into perpendicular positions at the innersides of the walls 3 and this obviously will result in the positioningof the lower holding portion I3 directly under and substantiallyparallel with the upper holding portion l, the two portions being spacedapart as shown in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive.

Ornamental rosettes can be glued at desired points on the top portion 'lwhile candle holders 20 having stems 2l of wire or the like, areinserted downwardly through the openings 8 and through slits I8, thematerial surrounding these slits providing flaps 22 which willfrictionally engage the stems 2i so as to prevent them from becomingdisplaced accidentally. The flanges II are bent downwardly and willextend adjacent to the lower holding portion I3. They will cooperate,therefore, to form a transverse channel or receptacle of such size as tohold a group of small candles 23 which lie between the flanges II andalso extend under the band 24 formed by that portion of the upper holder'l located between the flanges II.

After the candles, candle holders `and ornamental rosettes or the likehave been assembled as described with the folded blank, a covering sheet25, preferably of Cellophane, is laid over the top holder so as to coverthe articles mounted thereon. An endless band 26 of paper board or thelike proportioned to fit snugly around the body portion of the package,is then pressed downwardly onto the marginal portion of the cellophanecovering with the result that this marginal portion will be gathereddownwardly about the folded blank l where it will be held by theencircling band 26, thus completing the formation of the package.

What is claimed is:

A package including a single length of sheet materialI folded to providespaced upper and lower holding portions having supporting sides, therebeing spaced pairs of alned slits in the upper holding portion atopposite sides of the center thereof providing spaced pairs ofangesdownturned from the upper holding portion to- MAXWELL KNORPP.

